regeneratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕgĕnĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [regenero],

a being born again , regeneration (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 5; Vulg. Matt. 19, 28; id. Tit. 3, 5: lavacrum regenerationis, of baptism , Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8, 5.